Maryland: the counties with the highest share of Black students

24 counties

Maryland public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Baltimore city	MD	153	77,341	53,812	69.6%
2	Charles County	MD	38	28,162	16,210	57.6%
3	Prince George's County	MD	199	132,693	66,160	49.9%
4	Somerset County	MD	7	2,901	1,334	46.0%
5	Baltimore County	MD	177	110,872	43,366	39.1%
6	Dorchester County	MD	11	4,586	1,791	39.1%
7	Wicomico County	MD	25	15,582	6,097	39.1%
8	Howard County	MD	77	57,565	14,432	25.1%
9	Kent County	MD	5	1,694	384	22.7%
10	Anne Arundel County	MD	126	85,074	19,112	22.5%
11	Montgomery County	MD	208	159,181	34,276	21.5%
12	Harford County	MD	55	37,771	8,012	21.2%
13	St. Mary's County	MD	26	16,905	3,249	19.2%
14	Worcester County	MD	13	7,002	1,294	18.5%
15	Washington County	MD	43	23,320	3,738	16.0%
16	Talbot County	MD	8	4,485	669	14.9%
17	Frederick County	MD	67	48,054	7,106	14.8%
18	Caroline County	MD	9	5,648	798	14.1%
19	Calvert County	MD	24	14,849	2,042	13.8%
20	Cecil County	MD	28	14,853	1,757	11.8%
21	Queen Anne's County	MD	14	7,478	446	6.0%
22	Carroll County	MD	43	26,141	1,420	5.4%
23	Allegany County	MD	22	8,113	341	4.2%
24	Garrett County	MD	12	3,853	15	0.4%

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